tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7121638930391749483.post3266555539522736776..comments2023-10-26T04:17:33.910-07:00Comments on Helderberg News & Info Blog: A fascinating article on the history of The Strand...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7121638930391749483.post-6016321160305988592009-06-04T01:12:56.106-07:002009-06-04T01:12:56.106-07:00As a matter of interest most of South African Jewr...As a matter of interest most of South African Jewry<br />emigrated from Eastern Europe in the early 20th Century<br />and settled in the Helderberg area plus Paarl, Elgin, Grabouw,<br />and Hermanus. (I am not sure whether the last 4 towns<br />mentioned by me fall under your category of the Heldeberg).<br /> <br />As their children started growing up, finished school and wanted<br />to develop their lives further, they moved onto Cape Town and its<br />suburbs - in time the older generation also moved nearer their children<br />in Cape Town. (Hence the lack of a Jewish generation in these towns<br />to-day). Now I believe a younger generation of Jewish people from Cape<br />Town are now living in Somerset West.<br /> <br />Also, the younger generation as they got older, refurbished the new Synagogue<br />in Hermanus and this area which until about 15 years ago had no Jews living in it,<br />has to-day a big Jewish community who mainly bought holiday<br />homes and come there for weekends and in general during the summer.<br /> <br />with kind regards<br /> <br />Beryl Baleson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com